The Sun Also Rises: Mother Brett

Journal article

William Adair

Journal of Narrative Theory, Vol.40(2), pp.189-208

07/01/2010

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Title: The Sun Also Rises: Mother Brett
Author/Creator: William Adair
Publication Details: Journal of Narrative Theory, Vol.40(2), pp.189-208
Annotation: Argues for Brett s performative role as mother-figure and analyzes the oedipal tendencies of the boys who surround her. Drawing on biographical information, Adair concludes that Jake is a projection of Hemingway and that the novel is a response to Hemingway s being kicked out of the family summer home by his mother. Adair concludes: The runaway, wounded boy longed to be a child again, and in the loving-rejecting Lady Brett, he found the mother whom he loved and lost, but never got over.
Academic Unit: Hemingway Bibliography
Language: English
Resource Type: Journal article
Record Identifier: 991015131979203691